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Austria 1983 legislative election

What was the result of the 1983 legislative election in Austria?

Social Democratic Party of Austria won 90 of 183 seats with 47.6% of the vote. 92.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Austria won 90 of 183 seats with 47.6% of the vote; 92.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.4 points on 1979.

  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 90 −5 seats 47.6% −3.4 points
  • Austrian People's Party 81 +4 seats 43.2% +1.3 points
  • Freedom Party of Austria 12 +1 seat 5.0% −1.1 points
  • United Greens of Austria 0 2.0%
  • Alternative List Austria 0 1.4%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Austria 1979 legislative election, party by party.

92 of 183 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 47.6%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democratic Party of Austria

    Social Democratic Party of Austria won 90 of 183 seats. A majority needs 92.

  2. +4 seats

    Seats gained by Austrian People's Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1979. Social Democratic Party of Austria lost 5 seats.

  3. 92.6%

    Voter turnout

    Up 0.4 points on 1979.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Austria90−547.6−3.42,312,529
Austrian People's Party81+443.2+1.32,097,808
Freedom Party of Austria12+15.0−1.1241,789
United Greens of Austria02.092,277
Alternative List Austria01.465,816

± is the change against the Austria 1979 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria 2,312,529
  • Austrian People's Party 2,097,808
  • Freedom Party of Austria 241,789
  • United Greens of Austria 92,277
  • Alternative List Austria 65,816

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

92.6% of the 5,316,436 registered voters cast a ballot (4,922,454 ballots), up 0.4 points on 1979. 4,853,417 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democratic Party of Austria47.6% of votes49.2% of seats
  • Austrian People's Party43.2% of votes44.3% of seats
  • Freedom Party of Austria5.0% of votes6.6% of seats
  • United Greens of Austria2.0% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.4 by votes and 2.3 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Austria led Austrian People's Party by 4.4 points of the vote.

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